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For years, Parkers' Restaurant & Bar has been an oasis of fine dining and quality food just off of Interstate 88 in Downers Grove. The substantial size of the stand-alone restaurant and parking lot suggests it will be a large, cavernous restaurant. Despite ample seating, the restaurant feels more like a downtown club with solid wood furniture and dark hues. Sitting across from executive chef Patrick McLaughlin, we had a chance to talk about Parkers' Restaurant & Bar and food in the southwestern suburbs.

In truth, there has been just one big new Richard Pryor pop-culture artifact of recent vintage, this year's Showtime documentary “Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic.” But even that feels like a cavalcade, because Pryor lived such a vivid life, blazed such a clear trail through America, American comedy and American movies that attempted to be comic. When you learn about him, or are reminded of him, he sticks with you. And now comes a new biography that, with fits of lyricism and surprising patches of original research, seconds and builds on the work done by the film and will implant Pryor in our consciousness for years to come - as, the book makes clear, he deserves to be. This piece first ran in Printers Row Journal, delivered to Printers Row members with the Sunday Chicago Tribune and by digital edition via email.

(Reuters) - The Welsh cities of Cardiff and Swansea will bring their fierce rivalry to the top flight of English soccer for the first time on Sunday in an occasion that will capture the imagination of fans far beyond the borders of Wales. Saturday's game between Arsenal and Liverpool will have a major impact at the top of the Premier League, and champions Manchester United need to kickstart their season at Fulham, but few matches will generate the passion on show in the south Wales derby at Cardiff City Stadium.

Oct 9 (Reuters) - The Pittsburgh Pirates are no longer the "laughing stock of baseball" and can hold their heads high after their first postseason appearance in two decades ended in defeat to St. Louis in Wednesday's National League Division Series clincher. The Pirates ended a painful run of 20 successive losing seasons by posting a 94-68 record in 2013, claiming a wild card berth for their first postseason in 21 years. They beat the Cincinnati Reds in a one-off wild card playoff to qualify for the NLDS against St. Louis.

By Simon Evans DUBLIN, Ohio, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Phil Mickelson has achieved plenty of success in his career but on Wednesday the five-time major winner said his status as the only golfer to play in every Presidents Cup is among those that he takes the most pride in. Mickelson, who will link up with fellow American Keegan Bradley in Thursday's opening fourballs at the Presidents Cup said he was a captain's pick in 1994 but earned his spot on...

Each day I'm at work, I call home at 2 p.m. to see how Gracie's day has been going. It's almost embarrassing how much I look forward to the calls, when our nanny, Margaret, assures me that Gracie has been playing happily and ate a good lunch. Usually, there's also a cute story or two about something hilarious Gracie said or did. But one day last week the story of the day felt more like a gut punch than a pick-me-up. Margaret said Gracie was dancing happily with her giant sock monkey, then suddenly stopped, pulled out her Minnie Mouse toy laptop, opened it and declared: "I gotta go to work now, monkey.

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's government banned a weekend gay pride march for the third consecutive year on Friday, citing the threat of violence from right-wing hooligans, in a move that sparked protests by gay activists and criticism from the European Union. Denying that the government had given in to right-wing threats, Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said on state television that the ban on Saturday's event was a public safety matter. The last gay pride march in 2010 triggered a day of rioting and arson by nationalists in the capital Belgrade.